Ficus pyriformis Hook. & Arn.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs, 1-2 m tall. Branchlets coarsely hairy. Stipules red, lanceolate, ca. 1 cm, glabrous. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, hairy; leaf blade oblanceolate, obovate-lanceolate, or ovate-elliptic, 4-11(-14) × 2-4 cm, papery, abaxially sparsely pubescent and with small cystoliths, midvein and lateral veins sometimes densely covered with brown coarse hairs, adaxially bright green, base cuneate to ± rounded, margin entire and slightly revolute, apex acuminate, acute, or caudate; basal lateral veins short, secondary veins 5-9 on each side of midvein and inconspicuous. Figs axillary on normal leafy shoots, solitary, pear-shaped, ca. 3 × 1.5-3 cm in diam., glabrous, with or without white spots and sparsely brown tuberculate, base cuneate; peduncle to 1.7 cm. Male flowers: near apical pore; calyx lobes 3 or 4, lanceolate; stamens 2; anthers ovoid. Gall flowers: calyx lobes 4, linear; ovary globose; style lateral. Female flowers: calyx lobes 3 or 4; ovary reniform; style lateral, long, thin. Achenes tuberculate. Fl. Dec-Jun.
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A fig. It is a shrub or small tree. It grows 1-2 m tall. The branches are hairy. The leaves have a long tapering tip. They are 4-11 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They are papery. The figs are in the axils of leafy shoots.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows up to 2,300 m above sea level. It grows in wet areas near streams.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses gene source medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Images

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Distribution

Ficus pyriformis world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Ficus pyriformis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853532-1
WFO ID wfo-0000689957
COL ID 6HXX9
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Synonyms

Ficus pyriformis Ficus milletii Ficus rectinervia Ficus pyriformis var. brevifolia Ficus pyriformis var. hirtinervis